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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Mghters RATHER pretty young lady who treats herself rough and her dainty and demure sister open a dazzling bill at the Orpheum this week. If Eddie Foy had been named Mary he would have behaved just about as Ollie does in this act with her queer struts and queerer grimaces. The babyish and kittenish sister looks like 7:30 p. m. of a Sabbath evening; the other like 2:30 a. m. in a ragtime cab- R aret Ben and Hazel Mann disport themselves according to the. golden rule that Lohgh'and the world laughs with , you, weep and the icicles will or whatever gather in the gloaming, ' that old song was. They dont do the merry Pickfords, if you wont tell it to Mary. They are comedy manipulators, which means that one of them is an acrobat and a juggler and the other is a large lady with an arm that i3 calculated to keep any husband in subjection. Not that she needs a husband; she looks as if she might protect herself against the American navy. WALKER WHITESIDE stevensons Robert louis narrative, The Master of Ballantrae, has been put into dramatic form, and will be presented as a play in three acts, when Mr. Walker t i . n, hook or crook. This Hindu it is who teaches James Durie the art of swallowing his tongue in order to feign death, a trick which The Master of Ballantrae ultimately puts to good use at a most thrilling moment. The end of the play is the sword duel between James and Henry Durie, fought beneath the flickering light of a candle-abruheld aloft by the old Scotch steward Mackellar. It is during this combat that Henry Duries pretty wife Alison, learns of the perfidy of her brother-in-laJames, who has almost persuaded her to elope with him. A fine cast and a handsome stage production will be in evidence when Walker Whiteside comes to the Salt Lake theatre on December 18th. The last performance will be given on Saturday night. Patrons of the theatre should be seated promptly at 8:15 at night and at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon in order to witness the absorbing prologue with which the play opens. m much of anything and what they do Whiteside comes to the Salt Lake theis nonsensical,-buthey do it merrily atre next Thursday night for a three and grotesquely. days engagement in this city. If there is one sleepy act. on the James Durie will be impersonated bill it is The Man Hunt, a Somnamby Mr. Whiteside, and after many bulistic Comedy. There are Bess and years of character portrayals during Vivian and Bob and Simms. Bob talks which time he has submerged his in a high falsetto as if his name were identity beneath bizarre make-ups- , Vivian and Simms lisps as if his name this star has an opportunity to appear were Bess. in his own handsome visage. James Muriel Window is a blazing creaDurie is a young man of the world as ture with Titian hair, who is some- it was described by Stevenson who thing of a lightning change artist and placed the time of his tale in the year dresses to suit each song. She dresses 1756. behind a. screen and is enabled to A one time soldier, pirate, Indian make' the changes rapidly because delver into the occultism of there isnt so very much to change fighter, India, and a favorite at the court of She is a saucy piece who evidently Durie is at once a faswas brought up on Oui, La! La! and France, James cinating figure, and the type of man champagne, so full of pep is she. Vauto enthrall the hearts of women, and deville is a great life if you have red most men. hair and a sunny disposition. And if command the admiration of The scene of The Master of Ballanyou have only a sunny disposition, trae is in Scotland, near St. Bridges, you can. always buy the red hair. on the Solway shore, to which place The unique act of the bill is Sara-nof- f hero-rogu- e returns after an aband his Winter Garden Violin the sence of ten years during which time Girls. It is a kind of musical sketch in He which everybody is a violin addict he has 'been mourned as dead. The first scene is the rehearsal hall comes back accompanied by a mysSecun-dr- a on a roof garden and the second The terious figure, a Hindu named Dass, who is his abject slave, and Viol-Inwhich, so to speak, is a viol den of musical iniquity, for who has much to do with his masters there classical. pieces are .murdered. r nefarious schemes to obtain money by w FANCHON-MARC- REVIEW O celebrated THE vue, Lets Go' Fanchon-Marc- o Re- which held forth in San Francisco for ten capacity weeks, is scheduled for an engagement of three nights and matinee starting next Monday at the Salt Lake theatre. This remarkable parcel of merriment is quite the gayest and frothiest entertainment that has been, given the stage in several seasons, and it is certain to appeal to local theatregoers if snappy comedy, lilting music, bizarre and artistic costumery and elegant scenic effects, coupled with the thirty most beautiful girls in the world, are attractions The organization is headed by the inimitable Fanchon and Marco themselves, whose terpsichorean skill is famous all over the United States. t PANTAGES THAT sparkling bit of merry fun, Teddy, starring a patricks orchestra are further tures or this bill, which through Tuesday night fea- continues The Revue de Vogue the name signifies immediately that it will be a shimmer of pretty frocks, dainty girl3 and dashing dialogue will be th. stellar number on Wednesdays new bill at Pantages. The Three White Ruhns, billed as A Breeze From the West, will present an unsually novel turn, while pro-gra- ' The Pickfords might be described as y es American soldiers of 1776, 1861, 1898 and' 1918. A girl costumed in the .vogue of each period plays the violin while doing a popular dance of the period .she represents. Ciccolini is not the name of a musical instrument like a piccolo; it is the name; of a grand opera singer from sunny Spaghetti on the shores of Neapolitan soup.. This is only a brief biography of the astral celebrity; the remainder will be found on the which we have lost, and necessarily we are forced to give this data about his early career from memory. Ciccolini doesnt know what to do with his feet and his hands are terrible gadabouts, but we will say this for the gentleman, he certainly can . happy-go-luck- comedian, Tommy Toner, a splendid singer, Hudson 'Freeborn, and the two charming prima donnas, Grace Lang and Torrent Howard, takes Pan-tagfolks on a comic opera joy trip this week to their great delight. Gh, Teddy is really one of the blithest bits of musical color heard and seen in many a day the chorus being most attractively gowned, the scenry effective and the songs and dances timely. Frank Bush chases the blues right out of the theater wtih his dialect stories that skirt the globe, while Georgia Howard offers in a manner all her own some ingratiating violin numbers which she accentuates with attractice dance steps. Off With the Old Love is a speedy little playlet for which G. Swayne Gordon and company are responsible, while Coo kand Vernon have a lot of merry quips, a clever song or two and some snappy dance steps as their part of the entertainment. Heras and Preston have some novel work in tho athletic line. Smashing Barriers, the photoplay serial, and some dashing musical numbers by Eddie Fitz- and .their spirits transformed into demons of ragtime and jazz. Saranoff is celebrated for his skill in making the classical composers go crazy and in consort with the imps of syncopaWhen the Boys Come Back tion. tells the story of the return of the fcingj $ SOME OF THE GIRLS IN ULETS GO" WITH FANCHON AND MARCO REVUE AT THE SALT LAKE THEATRE NEXT MONO A Y, TUESDA Y AND WEDNESDA Y. fe |
